All Outputs (54)

Valuing beyond economics : a pluralistic evaluation framework for participatory policymaking (2022)
Journal Article
Gunton, R., Hejnowicz, A., Basden, A., van Asperen, E., Christie, I., Hanson, D., & Hartley, S. (2022). Valuing beyond economics : a pluralistic evaluation framework for participatory policymaking. Ecological Economics, 196, 107420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107420

The sustainability challenges facing societies call for policies and governance systems that are attuned to the diversity of goods that support and enrich human life via ecological, technical and other kinds of systems, and to the plurality of values... Read More about Valuing beyond economics : a pluralistic evaluation framework for participatory policymaking.

Engineering practices : complexity-diversity-coherence-meaningfulness (2022)
Book Chapter

During the writing of this chapter, a landmark was passed. For the first time, the total mass of humanly created structures and products exceeded the total biomass on earth.

Understanding the relationships between fields of research (2021)
Journal Article
Basden, A. (2021). Understanding the relationships between fields of research. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 19(1), 27-41. https://doi.org/10.34190/ejbrm.19.1.2125

This paper suggests how mutual understanding and respect may be fostered between very different fields of research, which seem to have little in common. The meaning and value of each field, and the relationships among them, are revealed using Dooyewe... Read More about Understanding the relationships between fields of research.

Dooyeweerd’s understanding of meaning (2) : some implications (2019)
Journal Article

Meaning is important in everyday life, and each science focuses on certain ways in which reality is meaningful. This article (the second of two) discusses practical implications of Herman Dooyeweerd’s understanding of meaning for everyday experience,... Read More about Dooyeweerd’s understanding of meaning (2) : some implications.

Dooyeweerd’s Understanding of Meaning (1) (2019)
Journal Article
Basden, A. (2019). Dooyeweerd’s Understanding of Meaning (1). Philosophia reformata (Online), 84(1), 102-129. https://doi.org/10.1163/23528230-08401083

Meaning is very important in Dooyeweerd’s Reformational philosophy. This essay seeks to examine what Dooyeweerd wrote about meaning and how he used it in mapping out the various domains of his philosophy. A distinction is drawn between different type... Read More about Dooyeweerd’s Understanding of Meaning (1).

An explorative philosophical study of envisaging the electrical energy infrastructure of the future (2018)
Journal Article

The electrical energy infrastructure is one of the key life-sustaining technologies of contemporary Western society. This infrastructure is extremely complex due to its size, its multifarious technologies, and its interweaving with societal structur... Read More about An explorative philosophical study of envisaging the electrical energy infrastructure of the future.

Multi-aspectual Interview Technique (MAIT); an alternative approach towards interviewing students in further and higher education (2018)
Book Chapter

Suggestions for future sustainability (2017)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2017). Suggestions for future sustainability. In P. Brandon, P. Lombardi, & G. Shen (Eds.), Future Challenges in Evaluating and Managing Sustainable Development in the Built Environment (319-343). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119190691.ch19

This chapter discusses how the other chapters in this work may be woven into a single fabric of resilience or sustainability and then suggests a way ahead towards their achievement. It makes two main proposals, one philosophical with several suggesti... Read More about Suggestions for future sustainability.

Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable (2017)
Journal Article

The ecosystem services framework (ESF) is advantageous and widely used for itemising and quantifying ways in which humans benefit from natural places. However, it suffers from two important problems: (i) incoherence of... Read More about Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable.

HSBC, Tax Avoidance - and Faith? (2015)
Other
Basden, A. (2015). HSBC, Tax Avoidance - and Faith?

The HSBC bank has been criticised for helping its clients avoid paying tax. Stephen Green, in charge of HSBC at the time, is an ordained Christian priest. Whether or not he knew what was going on, it is right to help the rich avoid paying tax? It is... Read More about HSBC, Tax Avoidance - and Faith?.

Understanding artefacts related to human aspects : The case of information technology and systems (2014)
Journal Article
The case of information technology and systems. Koers (Online), 79(3), https://doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i3.2156

This paper has two aims. One is to critique and expand Stafleu's ideas about artefacts. The other, which may be seen as a demonstration of this expansion, is an outline of a rich view of the type of artefact that is information and communication te... Read More about Understanding artefacts related to human aspects : The case of information technology and systems.

How can philosophical analysis help you with business decision making? (2014)
Other
Basden, A. (2014). How can philosophical analysis help you with business decision making?. Business School Blog

We all know it's easy to overlook important aspects that we take for granted, and overplay the importance of others. Doing this distorts analysis, generates 'Groupthink', makes plans irrelevant, and leads to failure in many projects, especially large... Read More about How can philosophical analysis help you with business decision making?.

Understanding of computers and procrastination : a philosophical approach (2013)
Journal Article
Breems, N., & Basden, A. (2014). Understanding of computers and procrastination : a philosophical approach. Computers in Human Behavior, 31, 211-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.024

Computer procrastination is a complex problem that is under-researched. After identifying a number of key characteristics of it, we survey five existing fields of research that may contribute insights into this interdisciplinary problem, and demonstr... Read More about Understanding of computers and procrastination : a philosophical approach.

Down-to-earth issues in information system use (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Ahmad, H., & Basden, A. (2013, June). Down-to-earth issues in information system use. Presented at Pacific Area Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2013, Jeju Island, Korea

This study proposes a new understanding of IS use that gives attention to the everyday 'Down-To-Earth' (DTE) issues that actually affect the success or quality of IS use. These differ from the kinds of issues discuss... Read More about Down-to-earth issues in information system use.

A presentation of Herman Dooyeweerd's aspects of temporal reality (2011)
Journal Article
Basden, A. (2011). A presentation of Herman Dooyeweerd's aspects of temporal reality

Dooyeweerd's suite of aspects is attracting interest as an aid in analysis, discussion and research, partly because the aspects express the diversity and coherence of meaning and normativity that we experience in everyday reality. Unfortunately, no s... Read More about A presentation of Herman Dooyeweerd's aspects of temporal reality.

Towards lifeworld-orientated information systems development (2011)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2011). Towards lifeworld-orientated information systems development. In H. Isomaki, & S. Pekkola (Eds.), Reframing humans in information systems development (41-65). Springer

Enabling a Kleinian integration of interpretivist and socio-critical IS research : The contribution of Dooyeweerd's philosophy (2011)
Journal Article
Basden, A. (2011). Enabling a Kleinian integration of interpretivist and socio-critical IS research : The contribution of Dooyeweerd's philosophy. European Journal of Information Systems, 20, 477-489. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2011.18

This paper suggests how interpretivist, socio-critical and positivist approaches in information systems research might be integrated. Heinz Klein's approach to information systems was a significant advance on earlier ones, bringing together a number... Read More about Enabling a Kleinian integration of interpretivist and socio-critical IS research : The contribution of Dooyeweerd's philosophy.

Realizing Kleinian principles in information systems use today: a contribution from Dooyeweerd's philosophy (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Basden, A. (2010, April). Realizing Kleinian principles in information systems use today: a contribution from Dooyeweerd's philosophy. Presented at 16th Annual Working Conference of the Centre for Philosophy, Technology and Social Systems (CPTS), Maarssen, Nethelands

On using spheres of meaning to define and dignify the IS discipline (2010)
Journal Article
Basden, A. (2010). On using spheres of meaning to define and dignify the IS discipline. International Journal of Information Management, 30(1), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2009.11.006

The question, “Is information systems a real discipline?” has taxed IS scholars for over 20 years, and they
debate its identity at length. Many other disciplines are facing similar crises. This article suggests a new
approach, which views disciplin... Read More about On using spheres of meaning to define and dignify the IS discipline.

Diversity in cognitive models (2010)
Book Chapter